The project From 14-20 May 2022, 50 young people aged 15-16 from Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic came together in Trebnitz for the "Creative Europe" project. The meeting was based on our experiences as well as the needs of the young people and was based on a long-standing project partnership between the partners involved. Five teamers familiar with the topic and the method discussed the project in advance together with the responsible teachers/leaders of the partner organisations and then accompanied and evaluated the learning process in the project. In the project we combined the content "Sustainable Europe" with the learning method "European Election Workshop" and a mix of creative learning activities. Europe's future Europe plays an important role in the reality of young people's lives, although they are often not even aware of it. We therefore wanted to encourage young people to think about the European idea: What do European values mean for each individual? What does European identity mean? How can participation opportunities for young people be strengthened? During an excursion to Berlin, suggestions and impressions on the topic of Europe could be collected and expert discussions held. In this way, the young people acquired a knowledge of European interpretation and strengthened their European (problem) awareness, which is based on a critical, multi-perspective debate. This is based on an examination of the EU's aspirations and reality. European Election Workshop There is currently a debate going on in the EU about the future of Europe. We wanted to participate in this and use our European Election Method for this. The method is designed to get young people intensively involved in European politics by founding European parties themselves, working out an election manifesto and running an election campaign. With the method, the young people have become acquainted with an instrument that enables them to engage in a structured but open learning process in which possible European futures can be worked out and thought through. The method looks at the Europe of today, but it is also important that the young people importance is that the young people reflect on their perceptions and attitudes in the present and possibly adapt them to the new insights. Creativity Five different creative methods were used in the method to present the elaborated contents: Theatre, video, music, comic and dance. This provided the young people with different formats to bring in their own strengths and inclinations and to develop them further. The focus was on the group-related work processes in which each participant was an equal artistic co-creator. Public presentation and discussion The videos were shown to political decision-makers and Europe experts from the Ministry of Europe of Brandenburg as well as the Czech Republic, Poland and Germany in order to discuss the aspects of social engagement, participation, democracy and European unification with them. Qualifications Key skills such as intercultural learning, social and civic engagement were strengthened in the young people through an open but structured learning process. The young people were the acting subjects throughout the project. In this way, they gained experiences of self-efficacy and thus strengthened their self-confidence. The project was certified with a Youthpass to make the participants aware of their non-formal learning process and to document it. Sustainability/participation The project was documented and passed on to the target groups in the countries. The project partners will make concrete use of the results for further activities in the run-up to the European elections. They also want to adapt and further develop the methods for their work with young people. In the long term, the political attitude of the young people has been underpinned by a European perspective. They have learned to take a European perspective and have been empowered and motivated to get involved in society. The young people also participated in the discussion about the future of the EU. For the participating schools/cities, the project meant a further step towards Europeanisation and internationalisation, further methodological development and strengthening of their strategic orientation. In addition, contemporary developments were taken up and new content-related and methodological capacities were built up. Overarching goals The project used activating methods to strengthen participation and active European citizenship of young people and thus contributed to the prevention of exclusion, racism and xenophobia and to the appreciation of diversity and variety in European societies.